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Lesson 2 Vocabulary
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English
9th Grade
11/29/2010

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Alacrity
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Promptness in responding, Eagerness
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Array
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A large group of people or things,An orderly arrangement or display, To place in order, To dress up
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Deduce
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To draw a conclusion from given facts
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Encumber
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To weigh down or burden, To impede the action of
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Fraught
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Full of or accompanied by
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Haphazard
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Marked by lack or plan, order, or direction
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Incontrovertible
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Impossible to dispute; unquestionable
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Inexplicable
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Hard to explain or impossible to understand
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Ingenious
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Marked by imagination, resourcefulness, or cleverness
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Laggard 
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One who falls behind others becauase of moving slowly loitering; a straggler
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Sustenance
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Something that provides nourishment; food needed to live
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Torrid
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Intensely hot and dry, burning with passion
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Traverse
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To pass over, across, or through 
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Ubiquitous
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Appearing to be present in large numbers or in many different places
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Zenith
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The highest point; the peak, The point in the sky directly above the observer
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